The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-13
THE NEW Cliff HOUSE.
Opened Again to the Public by A.
C.. Brixen & Bro.

ANDY Brixen, the former proprietor
of the Valley House, after On absence
of few months from the hotel bust
ness, is again back in mis- native ele-
ment. He appears as the proprie-
tor of the new Gift House, where his
many friends among q e travelling pub
lie will hereafter find him snugly en-
sconced. Since the time Brixen re-
tired from the Valley House, however
he has not by any means been ldles his
trip east was not made in vain, and the
experience gained among the large
hotelsin the east, has been Drougnt
into requisition in the furnishing OF his
new quarters. While east Brlxen
visited all the largest furniture and
carpet factories, and personally selected
each article of furniture and other 1ur-
| nishings that now adorn the Chit
House, and which have transformed that
| hotel into one of the cQsiest ana pest
regulated III the west. In selecting his
furniture, etc., Brixen was careful TO
| steer away from the beaten track, and
to avoid anything and everything that
savored of monotony As result one
may look through twenty-five OF the best
| rooms in the house. and fail to discover
any repetition in the style of furniture
carpets or other adornments-and 1t
is a most pleasing and elegant variety.
The remaining thirty or forty rooms
are also furnished with taste, and the
first idea that strikes one OH entering
them is the substantial, elegant
furniture and the general air of clean
illness and comfort that prevails. Every
thing around the house IS new clean
and bright and must at once strike the
guests of the new Cliff as being all they
could desire or expect.
The dining-room, as now arranged, is
one OF the best in the cit clean, light,
airy and supplied with comfortable
furniture, it can hold its own with any
and Brixen's reputation for good table
is guarantee that the tables will be in
keeping with the rest OF the establish
ment.
An elegant upright piano is promi-
nent feature of he parlor; the sofas and
chairs are of solid walnut, and are rich
specimens of the upholsterer's art; and
the walls are neatly adorned.
The bar, feature of every
hotel that always has a fascination
for the male guests of the house,
will not be opened before
Wednesday. Workmen have been
engaged upon it for several weeks past,
and the fittings and fixtures here will be
second to none in the city. The bar
itself is a work of art, and reflects great
credit upon the Sierra Nevada Com
pany, who have had charge of its con-
struction, and who have turned out
piece of work that any firm in the Union
might feel proud of. The ceilings and
walls are embellished with some of the
best work that can be executed in this
city. This part of the house will be run
by Mr.. G. V. Whiting, of the Capitol,
and the presiding geniuses of the bar
will be mixologists of well-known repu-
tation.
The new Cliff House opened its doors
to the public again yesterday, and its
register already holds many of the
names of the old-time guests of Brixen,
besides the many who have heretofore
been found at the Cliff, and who, under
the new management, find everything
exactly as they would wish it.
AS the former proprietor of the Valley
the temporary abiding place of all
the professional people who came here,
Brixen is perhaps one of the best known
hotel men in the west. The mere an
nouncement that he is again in business
is a sufficient losdstone to gather his
friends and patrons around him once
more.